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Nope. Some people want to treat Presidents they like as a monarch. But alas nyet.
Well the reason I ask is because, since I'm not a citizen of the USA, the only information I get on how Americans think is usually through second or third party means. I posted this thread after watching "The Sum of All Fears", in that film, and in others like Independence Day, the TV show 24 etc, the President is treated much like a Monarch would be over here.Rhetoric speaks to people and it's far easier to try and call Bush a monarch, or say Bush claims to be one than it is to actually read and grasp basic U.S. civics.
Obviously these are just films and TV shows, but since it's such a common theme I figured there must be something about it that appeals to the American people. We don't really have those type of films involving our Prime Minister over here, but we do have stories, films and commemorated historical events (Guy Fawkes Night) where the Monarch fulfills the same role as the President does in American films and stories.
Well the reason I ask is because, since I'm not a citizen of the USA, the only information I get on how Americans think is usually through second or third party means. I posted this thread after watching "The Sum of All Fears", in that film, and in others like Independence Day, the TV show 24 etc, the President is treated much like a Monarch would be over here.
He's safety is the priority above all else, in the Sum of All Fears he is rushed from a stadium with a bomb in it, leaving the other 50,000 people to explode without any apparent attempt to save them - later on the President character exclaims "they tried to kill me!" referring back to the stadium incident, seemingly ignoring the thousands of ordinary people killed.
Obviously these are just films and TV shows, but since it's such a common theme I figured there must be something about it that appeals to the American people. We don't really have those type of films involving our Prime Minister over here, but we do have stories, films and commemorated historical events (Guy Fawkes Night) where the Monarch fulfills the same role as the President does in American films and stories.
So, I'm not really asking about the politics as much as I am about the way he's seen by the general public.
How do you compare our Queen with george Bush?
We have in the US what is known as a constitutional goverment. The forefathers or founders set up the constitution in such a way that no one man would have complete power...I would not consider President Bush a Monarch, right now his popularity is not very high.........
Yeah, that's the impression I get, but like I say I only have American media to base that on, hence the thread.There may be something to the notion that y'all have the Queen to look to as a single individual, while Parliament goes about it's business. But the only single individual we have is the Prez to attach whatever we want to, whether good or ill.
I'm not really trying to, and certainly not to any President in particular, just trying to get a sense of the role he plays in society from actual people, rather than just films and TV.SERVANTOFSET said:How do you compare our Queen with george Bush?